The Pension Plan Expands from the Three Kingdoms to the Heavens

Chapter 244 Enhanced version of the Eight Formations!

Gongsun Lu did not hesitate for too long. In the end, he made up his mind and directly dispatched [-] Huobian battalions to Bingzhou to support. As for the generals who would support this support, Gongsun Lu finalized the Hebei Sitingzhu that once shocked the four states - Yan Liang and Wen Chou!

It has been some time since the two peerless generals joined Gongsun Lu's command. From being uncomfortable at the beginning to being really fragrant now, these brothers and sisters have adapted to the change of status very well.

After the two surrendered, Gongsun Lu did not treat them badly, regardless of martial arts, three-treasure decoction, weapons and armor, they were basically all first-class!
These two people were very grateful. They helped Gongsun Lu stabilize Jizhou in Yecheng and worked conscientiously for Gongsun Lu!
With the help of Gongsun Lu's speed blue BUFF and a stack of cloud magic seals, the two of them brought the [-] fire battalion to Hedong to join Zhuge Liang in just one month!
At this moment, the Guanzhong Allied Forces are marching a little slower due to their complicated composition and mixed dragons and snakes. They have just gathered in Hongnong at this moment!

Although these Guanzhong princes have rejoined the emperor and the imperial court of Xuchang, after all, they are not considered to be the generals under his boss Cao, they can only be regarded as forces affiliated with Xuchang!
In addition, Ma Wan secretly held back from time to time!Although the army arrived in Hongnong, they did not attack Hedong immediately!

But Zhong Yao was not worried. After all, the number of the coalition forces this time was still superior. Sharpening the sword was as good as cutting firewood. He spent some time making oaths to the princes and preparing for war!

This time the Guanzhong Allied Forces went to battle, and Ma Teng and Han Sui, who were entrenched in Xiliang, also got involved. They wanted to go to Bingzhou to fight the autumn wind or something!
The soldiers and horses they sent are considered to be the strongest among the entire Longxi coalition army, but not many came. After all, Hedong is still too far away from their territory. The two sides together only have about 1 horses, and they are divided by horses. Pang De under Teng and Cheng Gongying under Han Sui are in charge of leading!
Ma Teng's second son, Ma Chao, although very young but already showing some signs of the future mighty general, also participated in this crusade!
Soon, 13 troops arrived at Hedong City!

Zhuge Liang was not weak in the face of the oncoming enemy army. Although he was still very young, his tempering in the past few years had allowed Zhuge Liang to show his demeanor that was not inferior to that of Wolong's military advisor in later generations!
He very boldly gave up the battle of defending the city, and chose to fight with the Guanzhong Allied Forces outside the city!
And set up a large formation outside Hedong City!
Formation, this kind of thing, was used in ancient times to better utilize the advantages of soldiers in group combat.

In the cold weapon era, formations and queues were still very important!
After all, the battle between the army has never been a gang fight, two groups of people, each with a machete, just go up!
The earliest formation legend is from the Huangdi period. At that time, Chi You of the Jiuli tribe was more powerful, and the individual combat capabilities of the soldiers were also more brave. Therefore, in order to reduce the gap in the strength of the two sides, the Yellow Emperor created the original formation!In order to reduce the power gap between the two sides!
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the founder of the military strategist summarized the experience of his predecessors and completely summarized the "formation" into ten types in "Sun Bin's Art of War".

They are: Square Formation, Circle Formation, Sparse Formation, Number Formation, Conical Formation, Wild Goose Formation, Hook Formation, Xuanxiang Formation, Water Formation and Fire Formation.

In addition, there are the "Cloud Formation" for shooting, the "Win Wei Formation" for encircling the enemy, and the "Shui Sui Formation" for surprise attacks.

The "Eight Formations" and "Plum Blossom Formation" improved by Zhuge Liang, who were highly regarded in later generations, have no less than twenty types!

During the Warring States period, the Qin army relied on a strict phalanx to attack the six countries.

Alexander the Great also used the Macedonian Phalanx to conquer countless countries along the way during his eastern expedition to Eurasia!

The extension of the formation is not outdated even in modern times. The three-three infantry formation created by my later generation, the flower planter Big Rabbit, during the Anti-Japanese War and when I was in the stick's house, and later the infantry-tank coordination, sea, land and air amphibious joint operations In some aspects, it can be regarded as a derivative of tactical formation!
As Zhuge Liang was a master of formations who created the Eight Formation Diagrams in later generations, he was naturally no stranger to how to set up formations, and he still had the tricks Gongsun Lu had set for him in the past!
When Zhuge Liang was still in Jicheng, Gongsun Lu once gave him a secret book recording the secrets of Medicine Master Dongxiehuang on the number of plum blossoms and Qimen Dunjia!
Unlike Gongsun Lu, a pseudo-academic master, Zhuge Liang is a real academic god. He is not only smart, but also loves to study!
It took him several years of hard work to fully understand this secret book of Qimen Dunjia, which records the magic and unpredictability of the martial arts world!
The formation he has set up outside Hedong City is not simple. It not only absorbs the essence of the Peach Blossom Island Master, but also adds a lot of his own research on the formation.

Although there are only 3 people in the entire formation, the mist formations in the Bagua formation are filled with murderous intent!
It looks like a circular array divided into eight petals!

It contains eight gates, including the Opening Gate, the Resting Gate, the Life Gate, the Injury Gate, the Du Gate, the Scenery Gate, the Surprise Gate, and the Death Gate. The interior is shaped like eight rings, containing the eight sceneries of heaven, earth, wind, thunder, water, volcanoes, and swamps!
There are countless mysteries and secrets in it.

When Zhong Yao and Xiahou Dun led the Guanzhong generals and their troops to the formation to watch, they saw that although there were few soldiers and horses in the formation, the interior of the formation was complex and changeable, with Sheng flags densely covered, and there seemed to be hidden gossip and the directions of mountains and rivers!
The two looked at each other. As leaders in this troubled world, both of them had good vision.

Zhong Yao learned five chariots, and Xiahou Dun had a long battle experience, but this was the first time they had seen such a formation!
Knowing that this formation was extraordinary, the two proposed to the other Guanzhong princes the strategy of not entering the formation and letting the Xiliang cavalry shoot all the enemy troops in the formation to death with mounted fire!

But the generals in Guanzhong secretly mocked the two of them for being too cowardly, and the other party put up a weird formation and then stopped, but they didn't care. Originally, they participated in the battle this time to fight the autumn wind. Since they wanted to take advantage, The big brother who takes the lead still needs to be given some face.

So the Xiliang Army, the most elite among the coalition forces, went into battle, and was led by Ma Chao, whose military strength was second only to Pound.

As the strongest army in the world in the past, the Xiliang Army's cavalry and archery were also unparalleled in the world. Unfortunately, before the cavalry army could reach its shooting range, Zhuge Liang commanded the five thousand bows hidden in the formation. The crossbowmen peeled off a thick layer of the opponent's army like peeling potatoes!
The Xiliang army was immediately stunned by this wave. Where are they? Just fly the kite!It's so accurate!

Immediately, the morale of the Xiliang army dropped a lot, but Ma Chao was not afraid of fighting. He led his men and continued to charge forward despite the rain of arrows. Unfortunately, under the three waves of arrows from the opposite side, the momentum of the army was reduced. It was completely gone, but he hadn’t reached the range yet!

Ma Chao glanced blankly at the soldiers around him. Just for a moment, one-fifth of the soldiers were nailed to the ground. He knew he could not continue. After firing a sporadic cavalry shot at the formation, So he retreated on horseback!
The mountain-backing army in the formation consciously used thick shields to block the flowing arrows. This wave of Xiliang army's attack did not achieve much!

It’s normal to have such results.
Although the Xiliang army was brave, their cavalry bows were not as powerful as Gongsun Lu's crossbows. Especially after Gongsun Lu dominated Guanzhong in Zhongnan Mountain, a large number of high-quality bow and crossbow manufacturing techniques were introduced into the world.

I can shoot higher, farther, and faster than you. How can you break through?
When Ma Chao ran back in embarrassment with his four thousand remaining soldiers, Zhong Yao and Xiahou Dun looked a little bad. They had heard about the power of Gongsun Lu's crossbows during the battle of Jinshan Pass.

But I didn't expect the crossbow on the opposite side to be so strong, the range of this shot is almost twice that of ordinary riding bows!
Both of them knew that the other party should be well prepared. I am afraid that today's battle will not be easy. If they ignore the soldiers and horses and directly attack the city wall in the east of Hedong, what if they turn around and attack their rear army? If so, it would probably be a big trouble.

The two of them decided to withdraw their troops and retreat to Hongnong temporarily to think about how to defeat this formation!

But if this is the case, I'm afraid these princes in Guanzhong will be the first to give up. The reason why these Jianghu brothers followed you all the way to the east of the river is to come and steal money, food, and women.

Now if you don't fight and retreat, you will pay for the lost military rations!Even if you were the big brother who took the lead, you wouldn’t play like this!
Believe it or not, if Zhong Yao dared to speak out now, they would mutiny immediately!

As the leader of the army, Xiahou Dun was more decisive than Zhong Yao, a scholar. He took the initiative to lead one hundred thousand troops and Guanzhong generals to Zhuge Liang's formation!

10 people, three times more than you, if they all press on you, even if they pile up corpses, they can kill you!

Seeing Xiahou Dun personally lead the troops to charge, the previous wave of arrow rain basically exhausted the arrows in the army, Zhuge Liang was not worried.Smiling calmly, without directly waving the feather fan in his hand to issue a military order, he took the initiative to separate the formation and welcome Xiahou Dun in.

Xiahou Dun didn't waste any time and went straight to the center of the formation, Zhuge Liang's command post.

But before he could start killing, Zhuge Liang waved the feather fan in his hand again, and the outer formation expanded like a sponge, immediately swallowing Xiahou Dun's soldiers and horses that had not yet entered the formation into the army formation!

(End of this chapter)